Collapsible seat for children



w. v HOLLEY.

COLLAPSIBLE SEAT FOR CHILDREN.

APPLICATION FILED was a. 1921.

1 ,398,02 1 Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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APPLICATION man JUNE 8. 1921.

1,398,02 1 Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

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Fg'gj 7 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSE? I z 4 W g 7 s UNITED STATES WILLIAM V. HOLLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR PATENT OFFICE.

TO NEW YORK BATH MANU-v FACTURING, ING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COLLAPSIBLE SEAT FOR CHILDREN.

Application filed June 8, 1921.

To alt whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, lViLLiAM V. HoLLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Collapsible Seat for Children, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a collapsible seat for children, and has particular reference to a collapsible commode seat.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, economically manufactured, strong and easily collapsed seat.

A further object resides in the provision of a structural arrangement whereby the seat can be very iadily collapsed or assembled for use by any person.

Another object resides in the provision of a structure wherein in assembling the seat a minimum amount of time and labor on the part of the operator is required, whereby the seat can be very quickly and easily made ready for use.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the seat in full assembled position;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough Fig. 3 is a vertical lateral section therethrough;

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the seat in its collapsed position; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical lateral section taken through the seat in its collapsed position.

The invention as illustrated in the drawings, which set forth a preferred form of the invention, comprises a collapsible seat or commode This seat is provided with a body or base portion 1 having a suitable aperture 2 therein. Pivoted to each side of the base portion 1 by means of hinges 3 are lateral or side portions 4: and 5, preferably made in the form of open frames with latticed bars 6. The hinges are so disposed between the side frames 4 and 5 and the base portion 1 as to permit the side portions to be collapsed on to the base portion 1 in the position shown in Fig. 5. Along the rear edge of the base portion 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Serial No. 476,035.

is a spacing bar 7 of a height equal to the thickness of the side arms 4 and 5. On top of this spacing bar 7 is pivoted by hinges 8 a back-rest frame 9 which has an open frame similar to the lateral frames, only much higher, provided with latticed bars 10. This back-rest or frame 9 is provided with means, such as screws 11, which project partially from the sides thereof and the heads of which are adapted to be engaged by hooks 12 suitably 13 to the upper edge of each lateral frame so that when the lateral frames are in their proper position they may be fastened therein by the engagement of the hooks 12 with the screws 11.

The fact that the hinge or pivot line of the back frame 9 is at a level above the seat 1 equal to the thickness of the side frame 4 permits, as seen in Fig. 5, of the side frame being collapsed against the seat or base portion 1 without interfering with the collapsing of the back-rest or frame 9 on top of the laterals. The description thus far has described a base portion with side and rear portions which, as constructed and arranged, provide a seat which may be placed on any suitable support and will be a suflicient seat for a child if properly supported without any further construction or additions thereto. However, when this seat is to be placed on the floor, it is necessary to provide therefor a suitable supporting portion or legs which hold the seat or base portion a proper distance from the floor.

As shown in the drawings, I have provided for the supporting portion beneath the base portion 1 a pair of spacing bars 14: and 15 extending along the lateral underneath edges of the base portion 1 from front to rear. Along the front and rear edges of the base portion 1 on the under surface thereof are suitably hinged front and rear supports or leg portions 16 and 17. The thickness of these supports 16 and 17 is equal to the thickness or depth of the spacing bars 1 1 and 15. These front and rear leg portions are capable of being collapsed against the underneath face of the base portion 1, as shown in Fig. i. Hinged along the under face of the spacing bars 14 and 15, I also provide lateral legs or supports 18 and 19. These lateral legs or supports are fastened at one end I capable of being collapsed against the front and rear leg portions 16 and 17 in a manner similar to that in which the rear or back frame 9 collapses or falls down on to the lateral frames 1 and 5.

Assuming that the seat is in the fully collapsed condition shown in Figs. 4 and 5, it

will be observed that to assemble it it is first necessary to raise the back frame 9 and then the lateral frames 4 and 5, which can thereafter be connected together by reason'of the books 12. Then, to assemble the supporting leg portions, it is merely necessary to unfold the lateral legs 18 and 19, whereupon the front and rear leg portions are supposed to be so, made and constructed that they are free, by reason of their weight, to drop down into place and close the front and rear of the scat beneath the base portion 1. The interposition of the ends of the front and'rear leg portions 16 and 17 between the inner faces of the lateral leg portions 18 and 19 acts as a means to brace all the leg portions.

In this manner, it can be seen, I have provided a simple and efiicient collapsible seat whichis capable of being used or placed on any desired support or can be provided with its own leg portions or supports to be placed on the floor. It is capable of being collapsed into a minimum space and of being assembled in complete condition with a minimum number of operations and with great ease. Of course, the material of which the seat is composed is not vital, but I prefer to make it of some light wood material properly painted or varnished.

port hinged to the lower face of each spacing bar, and front and rear leg portions hinged to the under surface of the base portion at the front and rear edges thereof, said front and rear leg portions being operatively related with but disconnected from the lateral leg portion and adapted to fold up against the seatportion and the'iateral leg portions adapted to fold against the front and rear leg portions when collapsed, said front and rear supporting portions when in assembled position acting as braces for the lateral supporting portions.

'2. A seat comprising a base portion, front and rear supporting portions hinged along the respective edges to the undersideof the base portion, a pair of pivoted lateral supporting portions, and means for spacing the pivot point of the lateral supporting portions a distance away from the base portion corresponding to the thickness of the front and rear supporting portions, whereby the front and rear portions can fold against the underside of the seat and the lateral supporting portions can foldagainst the front and rear supporting p'rtions, said front and rear supporting portions when in assembled position acting as braces for the lateral supporting portions.

WILLIAM V. HOLLEY. 

